Detail the components of a synapse and describe the sequence of events at a synapse when information is transmitted.

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Psychology

 

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There are electrical and chemical synapses in the body although the vast majority are chemical. Electrical synapses are located in the retina and in some invertebrates such as crayfish (Pocock, G. & Richards, C, D 2004), since chemical transmissions are more prevalent, these will be covered below. Figure 1: Neuron, http://www...
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& Richards, C, D 2004), since chemical transmissions are more prevalent, these will be covered below. Figure 1: Neuron, http://www.answers.com/topic/neuron A synapse forms a junction between which nerve impulses and electricity in some cases pass through a gap (of approximately twenty nanometres) known as the synaptic cleft from the axon terminal to the target cell...
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